The instrumentation and the arrangements are usually simple: three or four instruments and, frequently, about the same number of chords. The learning curve for performing the stuff is short the learning curve for appreciating it is nonexistent. To this way of thinking, rock and roll-the music associated with performers like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, and the early Beatles-is music that anyone can play (or can imagine playing) and everyone can dance to. Sam Phillips and Elvis Presley at Sun Records, in Memphis, December 4, 1956.
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